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æftan

From behind

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Add: From behind Ǽlc óþerne æftan heáweð, Wlfst. 160, 4

æftan

(adv.)
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æftan, adv.

Behindpostpone

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Behind; post, pone Earn æftan hwit the eagle white behind, Chr. 937; Th. i. 206, 29; Æðelst. 63, col. 1

æftan-weard

(adj.)
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æftan-weard, adj.

Coming afterfollowingposterior

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Coming after, following; posterior Rinc biþ on ófeste, se mec onþýþ æftanweardne the man is in haste, who urges me following, Exon. 125 a ; Th. 480, 3 ; Rä. 63, 5

be-æftan

(adv.)
Grammar
be-æftan, adv.

Behindafterhereafterpostponepostea

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Behind, after, hereafter; post, pone, postea Ðǽr beæftan forlét eall left there all behind, Ors. 2, 4; Bos. 45, 14. Ðæt ic wille hér beæftan sweotolor gereccan that I will hereafter more clearly shew, Bt. 11, 1; Fox 30, 29

wiþ-æftan

Grammar
wiþ-æftan, <b>. I</b> I.
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Sceoldon hiera senatus rídan on crætwǽnum wiðaeftan þǽm consulum, Ors. 2, 4; S. 70, 28. Add

be-æftan

(prep.)
Grammar
be-æftan, prep.

afterbehindpostponewithoutsine

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Grammar be-æftan, Be-æftan contracted to bæftan, q. v. after, behind; post, pone without; sine Beæftan ðære menego sine turbo, Lk. Bos. 22, 6

wiþ-æftan

(prep.; adv.)
Grammar
wiþ-æftan, prep. adv.

Behind.

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Grammar wiþ-æftan, prep. Grammar wiþ-æftan, with dat. Heó hym tó geneálǽhte wyðæftan hym, Homl. Ass. 182, 48. Hí cómon tó Wiht, and námon ðǽr ðæt him ǽr wiðæftan wæs (what had been left behind them), Chr. 1052; Erl. 183, 25.

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be-æftan

(prep.; adv.)

behind,after

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Add: prep. local, in contrast with before Hé hæfde þriddan dǽl his firde beæftan him, Ors. 1, 12; S. 52, 33. in contrast with advance along with Hé forlét hundeahtatig þúsenda beæftan him, Ors. 2, 5; S. 78, 17: 5, 12; S. 240, 3. figurative Ic forlǽte

æfter

(prep.; adv.)

among, through, along (pursuit, search, inquiry, &c.)

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Æftær þiódwege in ðone díc; æfter díce, C. D. v. 187, 30. with an object to which an action (pursuit, search, inquiry, &c.) is directed Hé stód æfter ús gewend, and cliopode æfter ús, Past. 405, 35.

æfter

(prep.; adv.)
Grammar
æfter, prep. [æft, q. v; er, q. v.] dat; rarely acc.

AFTERpostAlongthroughduringκατάperAccording toby means ofsecundumpropterAfteraboutpropterobdeAfteraboveaccording topostsupersecundum

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local and temporal dat. —AFTER; post Ne far ðú æfter fremdum godum go not thou after strange gods, Deut. 6, 14. Æfter þrím monþum after three months, Gen. 38, 24. Æfter dagum after those days, Lk. Bos. 1, 24. Cumaþ æfter me venite post me, Mt. Bos. 4

Linked entries: æftyr efter eftyr

æfter

(adv.)
Grammar
æfter, adv.

Afterthenafterwardspostposteaexinde

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After, then, afterwards; post, postea, exinde Æfter siððan ever afterwards, from thenceforth, Cd. 26; Th. 35, 6; Gen. 550. Æfter to aldre for ever after, Cd. 22; Th. 28, 15; Gen. 436. Ðæm eafera wæs æfter cenned a son was afterwards born to him, Beo.

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æftum

(adv.)
Grammar
æftum, adv.

After

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After Swilce ne wæs oþ þis nú ne æftum ne weorþaþ, Mt. R. 24, 21

æfnan

(v.)
Grammar
æfnan, p. de; pp. ed

To performexecutelabourshowpatrarefacerelaborarepræstare

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To perform, execute, labour, show; patrare, facere, laborare, præstare His dómas æfnaþ they fulfil his judgments, Exon. 32 b; Th. 102, 29; Cri. 1680. Gif hý woldun his bebodu æfnan if they would execute his judgments, 54 a ; Th. 152, 29; Gú. 816. Wile

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æften

(n.)

evening

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evening Eftern lócað aduesperascit (the glosser seems to have read vesper aspicit: in the Rushworth gloss also the word has been misunderstood, as it is rendered by éfern longeð ðú wást, the last two words apparently suggested by -scit ), Lk. L. 24,

æftera

(num.; adj.)
Grammar
æftera, æftra; adj. compar. of æfter,—

Hindernextsecondposteriorsequensaltersecundus

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Hinder, next, second; posterior, sequens, alter, secundus Ðý æfteran dæge sequenti die, Lk. Bos. 13, 33. Ðæs æfteran monþes mensis secundi, Ex. 16, 1. On ðam forman dæge ðæs æftran monþes primo die mensis secundi, Num. 1, 18. Seó æftre, i.e. eá, Ethiopia

Linked entries: æfterra æftemest

ǽfstian

(v.)
Grammar
ǽfstian, p. ode; pp. od

To hastenfestinareaccelerare

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To hasten; festinare, accelerare

æftyr

afteraccording tosecundum

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after, according to; secundum,Mt. Bos. 9, 29

ǽfnian

(v.)

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æfter

Grammar
æfter, <b>. A. I.</b> 5.
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Add Æfter ðám hege, C. D. iii. 77, 29. 16. add :-- Gesellan welan æfter ( in order to obtain) anwealde, Bt. 33, 2; F. 124, ii. <b>B.</b> add: marking sequence Ǽrest . . . æfter, Ll. Th. i. 6, 17

æfesn

Pannage

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Pannage, Add:

Linked entry: æfesa